
Two construction workers, residents of Assam and Bihar, were released by the Myanmar based militant outfit NSCN (K-YA), 12 days after they were kidnapped from Longding district of Arunachal Pradesh, police said on Sunday....

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has hit out at Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin for his statement on proroguing the assembly session, saying that Stalin was responding to something without knowing facts....

Slamming Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi over breach of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's security during his visit to Punjab, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday wondered how a Chief Minister who could not provide a secure route to the Prime Minister keep the state secure. ...

Two recent studies have thrown more light on the condition of the glaciers across Himalayas and also those from the Trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh. Although the thinning, melting, and receding of glaciers have been known for quite some time now, every new study comes as an alarm for humanity. ...

Countdown for launch of India's 'eye in the sky' satellite begins The Indian space agency on early Sunday morning began the countdown for the Monday morning launch of its PSLV-C52 rocket carrying the country's radar imaging satellite RISAT-1A renamed as Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-04). ...

Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Virendra Kumar on Saturday launched the Central sector scheme 'SMILE: Support for Marginalised Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise' aimed to provide welfare and rehabilitation to the transgender community and the people engaged in the act of begging....

The Odisha Commissionerate Police has seized Rs 75.20 lakh cash and gold ornaments during a raid at the house of a ganja peddler in Cuttack, the police said on Saturday....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks in Parliament on the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh has triggered a political slugfest in Telangana with both the ruling TRS and opposition Congress going all out to cash in on the sentiment....

The Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP is in high spirits while readying itself to contest the Urban local body elections on February 19....

Five labourers were rescued from a collapsed under-construction tunnel of the Bargi canal project in Katni district of Madhya Pradesh, and efforts to save four more were continuing, officials said on Sunday....